sitting australian prime minister anthony albanese becomes the first sitting australian prime minister to march in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras. he has described it as a celebration of modern australia. you are watching bbc news. now, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. counting the cost of war as ukraine marks a year since the invasion, we re going to take a look at the toll it s taken on the economy. ukraine s vast farms were feeding the world, but the country is now reliant on billions of dollars of help just to get through every month. ukraine s finance minister tells me how he s kept the economy functioning despite the missiles and the deliberate targeting of infrastructure, including the power grid. also, i m going to be hearing from a leading business voice on how private companies have managed to keep doing business in a war zone and how t
donors providing more grants. well, on that point, 0dile renaud basso, the big boss of the european bank of reconstruction and development. always a pleasure having you on the show. thanks for your time. i ll check in with you soon. thank you very much. well, that s it for this week. i hope you enjoyed the show. don t forget, you can keep up with all the latest on the global economy and the war in ukraine on the bbc news website and the smartphone app. of course, you can also follow me on twitter, tweet me, i ll tweet you back! you can get me @bbcaaron. thanks for watching. i ll see you soon. bye bye. high pressure stays with us this weekend. that brought the sunny skies and squished clouds to northern ireland, whereas further